Order of the Dragon build orders & counters

What the most-played Order of the Dragon builds in Age of Empires IV do, the units they rely on, and how to answer them. From the popular builds on aoe4guides.com.

Style: Mostly macro0 of its 7 most-played builds are rushes or timing attacks.
Feudal Age: 4:22Median age-up click of its popular builds.
Key units: Gilded spearmen, Gilded knights, Gilded crossbowmenMost trained in those builds.

Most-played Order of the Dragon build orders

Most-played Order of the Dragon build orders on aoe4guides.com
Build	Strategy	Feudal	Castle	Main units
Vortix's Fast Burgrave - Copy for me to understand seriesby murtuk	Fast Castle	4:15	7:20	Gilded spearmen, Gilded crossbowmen
ODD Fast Castleby Dreallix	Fast Castle	4:40	7:00	Gilded spearmen, Gilded man at arms
OOTD Fast castle - Vortix's Burg Buildby taktaktab	Fast Castle	4:22	7:38	Gilded spearmen, Gilded man at arms
OOTD FC INTO IMPERIAL GOD BOOMby yakov	Boom	4:50	7:30	Gilded knights, Gilded horsemen
OOTD fast castle relicsby JampiX	Fast Castle	~4:15	~6:30	Gilded knights, Gilded archers
Vortix's Fast Burgrave - AoE4 Overlayby schwazza	Fast Castle	—	—	Gilded spearmen, Gilded crossbowmen

Each build opens on aoe4guides.com, where its author wrote it. Times are the age-up clicks in the build (~ means estimated). Browse every build on aoe4guides.com.

How to counter Order of the Dragon

Their popular builds lean on gilded spearmen, gilded knights and gilded crossbowmen. Answer with:

Gilded spearmenArchers · Men-at-arms · Handcannoneers
Gilded knightsSpearmen · Crossbowmen · Camel riders
Gilded crossbowmenHorsemen · Archers · Mangonels

What Order of the Dragon units beat

Playing Order of the Dragon? Your main units are the answer to:

Gilded spearmenHorsemen · Knights · Lancers · Camel riders
Gilded knightsHorsemen · Men-at-arms · Handcannoneers · Gunpowder infantry (Streltsy, Janissaries)
Gilded crossbowmenKnights · Lancers · Men-at-arms · Horse archers

Counters follow the unit-class rules of MetaAOE's counter sheet (Alt+C in game), not patch numbers. Upgrades and numbers still decide the fight.

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